Plant Details

Accepted name:: Senna petersiana (Bolle) Lock [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aiuandet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bumbacoi, reperrepe, reperete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chebaywa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dwarf cassia	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
eared cassia	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
kivukelele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbaraka	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mhojaavandu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monkey pod	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mpinga-waume	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
nembe-lembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nembe-nembe, mudemberembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nemberembe	Other	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
wiwoo wiwoo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassia petersiana Bolle in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 13 (1861).
Cassia delagoensis Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 272 (1862).
Cassia petersiana var. tomentosa Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa 3: 634 (1930).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassia petersiana Bolle	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia petersiana Bolus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Senna petersiana	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
Senna petersiana (Bolle) Lock	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Senna petersiana (Bolle)Lock	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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